The service marking the 97th anniversary of the battle will begin at 11 a.m. at the Truro Cenotaph followed by the laying of the memorial wreath, a brief history of the battle, tributes, prayers, a march past and a Battle of Vimy Ridge Cadet essay.

The service commemorates the Battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War, when 100,000 Canadian soldiers took Vimy Ridge from the Germans in a siege lasting from April 9 to 12, 1917. Many see the battle as the moment Canada gained its identity as its own country.